It is made of black nylon satin, with the eagle emblem of the United Farm Workers to the left of the zipper and “Cesar Chavez” embroidered to the right. “The jacket makes a simple statement ...

now the United Farm Workers of America. Chávez also led a national boycott of grapes and other products in 1965 to fight for farmers' right to unionize, according to the Cesar Chavez Foundation.

Cesar Chávez helped inspire the farmworker labor rights movement with a strike and boycott of grapes in Delano, California, in 1965. Since then, the United Farm Workers has continued its work.

The last day of March commemorates labor activist and civil rights icon Cesar Chavez ... for the movement that would eventually become the United Farm Workers union. During this recruitment period, ...

Chávez was in the midst of his crusade to gain labor rights for the farm workers who made fortunes ... Books by Miriam Pawel — “The Crusades of Cesar Chavez” and “The Union of Their ...

m. Myrna Elvir sorts chilies into boxes of food that were distributed to about 400 families who were impacted by flooding in Planada by the United Farm Workers. Elvir traveled from Lamont to join ...

Flores and Ramos-Gómez, members of the student organization, Movimiento Estudiantil para La Liberación de las Américas, have ...

Born on March 31, 1927, Chávez was a farm worker, labor leader and civil rights ... Elementary to Ritchie Valens Park. Members of the Cesar Chavez Commemorative Committee of San Fernando Valley ...